IDUG NA 2026: Grid

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B1 | Db2 LUW Spotl...

B2 | Db2 LUW - Latest from the Lab 11:30am - 12:30pm

B3 | Db2 LUW V12: New Security Features and Changes 2:00pm - 3:00pm

B4 | Accelerating AI Workloads in Db2 v12.1.5.0: Introducing Hig... 3:20pm - 4:20pm

B5 | Introducing Db2 Serverless - the database service for the A... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials 10:20am - 5:30pm

IDUG Badging 2:00pm - 5:00pm

IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials 10:20am - 5:30pm

A1 | Spotlight: Db...

A2 | What’s New in Db2 for z/OS Performance 11:30am - 12:30pm

A3 | Db2 for z/OS Utilities - What's New? 2:00pm - 3:00pm

A4 | JC Greatest Hits, War Stories and Best Practice 2026 3:20pm - 4:20pm

A5 | Ready Player One? Db2 vNext Migration (Made Easy) 4:30pm - 5:30pm

C1 | Growing the Next Generation of Db2 Professionals: Framework... 10:20am - 11:20am

C2 | A 50 Cent tour of DB2 11:30am - 12:30pm

C3 | Challenges for the Successful Db2 13 Lock Structure Async D... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

C4 | Enabling Mainframe Data for Next-Gen Innovation 3:20pm - 4:20pm

C5 | Common made performance mistakes, when coding SQL 4:30pm - 5:30pm

D2 | Db2 Practically Speaking: 40 Years in the Trenches 11:30am - 12:30pm

D3 | SQL for the 21st Century 2:00pm - 3:00pm

D4 | A Modern Approach to Db2 Backup & Recovery: Snapshot Techno... 3:20pm - 4:20pm

D5 | DBA 2.0 - Making Change the DBA's Advantage 4:30pm - 5:30pm

E2 | Conversations with IBM Bob On Database Modernisation 11:30am - 12:30pm

E3 | Amazon RDS for Db2 Service Deep Dive: Architecture, Operati... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

E4 | Accelerating AI Adoption on Db2 with Industry Starter Kits 3:20pm - 4:20pm

E5 | Db2 is Your AI Platform: Five Proven AI Use Cases to Build... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

F2 | Introduction to SQL-PL 11:30am - 12:30pm

F3 | Debugging SQL PL - Without a Debugger 2:00pm - 3:00pm

F4 | SQL Oldies but Goodies and the Power of the SQL Rewrite 3:20pm - 4:20pm

F5 | You should concentrate (your literals) - Dynamic SQL perfor... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Breakfast 7:30am - 8:45am

IDUG Opening Comme...

K1 AI Mythbusters and Db2, Presented by Broadcom 9:00am - 10:00am

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Lunch 12:30pm - 2:00pm

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IDUG Welcome Reception 5:30pm - 7:00pm

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K2 Hosted by IBM at TechXchange 9:00am - 10:00am

B6 | Db2 SQL Extensions: AI Models, Vectors, Lakehouse and more 10:20am - 11:20am

B7 | Db2 LUW Back to Basics - Backup and recovery 11:30am - 12:30pm

B8 | From Software Engineer to AI Architect: The Blueprint I Wis... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

B9 | Db2: Explain EXPLAIN 4:30pm - 5:30pm

IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials 10:20am - 5:30pm

IDUG Badging 2:00pm - 5:00pm

IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials 10:20am - 5:30pm

A6 | Z Data Integration Update 10:20am - 11:20am

A7 | Real-word value: Db2 for z/OS Customer Experiences 11:30am - 12:30pm

A8 | Db2 for z/OS Modernization Update & Strategy 2:00pm - 3:00pm

A9 | DB2 z/OS ZPARMs: Overview, Best Practices, and Recommendati... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

C6 | Mining db2mon 10:20am - 11:20am

C7 | The Breach You Didn't See Coming: Why DAM is Your Early War... 11:30am - 12:30pm

C8 | Db2 as Containerized Deployment 2:00pm - 3:00pm

C9 | All you need to know about Pacemaker and Db2 HADR for any C... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

D6 | Db2 z/OS Index Strategy: Architecture, Usage, and Recovery 10:20am - 11:20am

D7 | Why UTS Conversion Can’t Wait Anymore 11:30am - 12:30pm

D8 | Making Better Connections - A Db2 Client Primer 2:00pm - 3:00pm

D9 | Db2 DDF and DBATs and Connections re-explained from a user... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

E6 | Is It the End of DBAs for Db2 for z/OS? 10:20am - 11:20am

E7 | Modernizing Db2 HADR Automation: Migrating from TSA to Pace... 11:30am - 12:30pm

E8 | Real-World Db2 Performance Insights: Native ISPF Panels and... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

E9 | Basic Automation, Or, How To Make The Database Do Your Job... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

F6 | Modern React Backend Testing: Replacing Fragile Mocks with... 10:20am - 11:20am

F7 | Bob meets Db2 for z/OS 11:30am - 12:30pm

F8 | The Db2 Fantastic Four: How Optimization, Performance, Cost... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

F9 | Data curation as strategic advantage 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 9:00am

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Lunch 12:30pm - 2:00pm

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Evening Reception 5:30pm - 7:00pm

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B10 | Hard Lessons Learned with High Performance DBATs for Db2 f... 10:20am - 11:20am

G11 | IDUG Db2 LUW Expert Panel 11:30am - 12:30pm

B12 | Supercharge Your Db2 Databases: Moving to Amazon RDS and I... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

B13 | Wrapping up Db2 11.5 4:30pm - 5:30pm

IDUG Db2 for z/OS Essentials 10:20am - 5:30pm

IDUG Badging 2:00pm - 5:00pm

IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials 10:20am - 5:30pm

A10 | Revisiting Parallelism: Targeted Use of zIIP Processors fo... 10:20am - 11:20am

A11 | RTS-/Utility History and preparations for Vnext 11:30am - 12:30pm

A12 | From complexity to operational intelligence : modernizing... 2:00pm - 3:00pm

G13 | IDUG Db2 z/OS Expert Panel 4:30pm - 5:30pm

C10 | Stabilize your Dynamic SQL and don’t let it remain Unpredi... 10:20am - 11:20am

B11 | Let Me Make This as Clear as Robert: Explaining Often-Misu... 11:30am - 12:30pm

C12 | Efficiently Finding and Fixing High Resource Consuming SQL 2:00pm - 3:00pm

A13 | Your AI Toolbox in Db2: Picking the Right Model When Every... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

D10 | Optimizing Db2 BLU Performance: Defragmentation, Data Clus... 10:20am - 11:20am

D11 | BMC Db2 High Speed Utilities - What's new !! 11:30am - 12:30pm

D12 | Db2 13 GA to 507 - My 5 favourite things 2:00pm - 3:00pm

D13 | Beyond the Comfort Zone: Managing, Tuning & Cross-Platform... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

E10 | Permitting, masking and trusting, a deep dive into 3 new D... 10:20am - 11:20am

E11 | Navigating Digital Certificates: Unlocking a Seamless Expe... 11:30am - 12:30pm

E12 | Autonomous Auditing of Native Db2 Security Features 2:00pm - 3:00pm

E13 | Db2 HADR Performance Tuning 4:30pm - 5:30pm

F10 | AI as a partner for the Db2 Professional 10:20am - 11:20am

F11 | A day in the life of an MFA-enabled Db2 for z/OS DBA 11:30am - 12:30pm

F12 | Cost Optimization Strategies for Db2 in Public Cloud 2:00pm - 3:00pm

F13 | Under the Hood: A DB2 Survivor’s Logbook (2026) 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 9:00am

K3 IDUG Women in Technology (WIT) 9:00am - 10:00am

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Lunch & Passport to Prizes Drawing 12:30pm - 2:00pm

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B14 | Db2 12.1: Ready for the Deployments and Workloads of the F... 9:00am - 10:00am

B15 | Advanced Per...

B16 | Db2 for z/OS Applications now Empowered by OpenTelemetry 11:30am - 12:30pm

B201 | From Db2 First Responder to Emergency Technician - The problem determination master works... 2:00pm - 3:30pm

B202 | Understanding ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE: A Comprehensive Workshop on Best Practices and Pitfalls 3:45pm - 5:15pm

IDUG Badging 2:00pm - 5:00pm

IDUG Db2 for LUW Essentials 9:00am - 12:30pm

A14 | Why Fast Db2 for z/OS Copies Get Harder: The Impact of New... 9:00am - 10:00am

A15 | Db2 for z/OS Config-as-Code: Automated Subsystem Configura... 10:20am - 11:20am

A16 | Wowe Zowe...APIs not AIs 11:30am - 12:30pm

A201 | Amazon RDS for Db2 Workshop 2:00pm - 3:30pm

A202 | BYOD Hands-on Lab: Modernizing Database Administration with AI on IBM Z 3:45pm - 5:15pm

C14 | Supercharging Db2 with Generative AI: From Natural Languag... 9:00am - 10:00am

C15 | Db2 TLS Encryption: Client Certificates in Focus 10:20am - 11:20am

C16 | Mainframe Ransomware Resilience: Not only about Recovery 11:30am - 12:30pm

C201 | Db2 for z/OS modernized: Visual Studio Code deep dive 2:00pm - 3:30pm

C202 | The Hidden Mistakes That Hurt Db2 for z/OS Query Performance 3:45pm - 5:15pm

D14 | Agentic Data Operations: Autonomy Over Automation 9:00am - 10:00am

D15 | Db2 Z and the CIA 10:20am - 11:20am

D16 | Agentic AI on the Mainframe: Autonomous Db2 Workflows With... 11:30am - 12:30pm

D201 | Hands-On Lab: Building AI Systems with Db2 2:00pm - 3:30pm

D202 | Db2 z/OS Housekeeping Best Practices 3:45pm - 5:15pm

E14 | Real-Time Mainframe Data Streaming with Kafka and Debezium 9:00am - 10:00am

E15 | Db2 13 for z/OS Recently Delivered SQL and Application Man... 10:20am - 11:20am

E16 | Db2 Always On Architecture 11:30am - 12:30pm

E201 | Performing AI-powered SQL Queries on Db2 for z/OS 2:00pm - 3:30pm

E202 | Unlock the Power of Managed Data: The Amazon RDS for Db2 Immersion Day Hands-on Experienc... 3:45pm - 5:15pm

F14 | No-Outage Db2 Version Upgrade 9:00am - 10:00am

F15 | Screening in a Virtualized Production Environment 10:20am - 11:20am

F16 | Db2 12.1: Advances in Operational Resiliency for Mission-C... 11:30am - 12:30pm

F201 | Optim High Performance Unload for Db2 for LUW: Accelerating Data Access and Modern Worklo... 2:00pm - 3:30pm

F202 | Bridging Structured and Unstructured Data: Hybrid AI Queries with Db2 3:45pm - 5:15pm

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Lunch for Workshop Attendees 1:15pm - 2:00pm

Breakfast 7:00am - 9:00am

IDUG Closing Comments 12:40pm - 1:15pm

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FORMERLY F16 | Accelerating DB2 Development with AI: A Live Demo of Bob's Comprehensive Workflow Automation TBA

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